NEW ART: I've uploaded some "new" art (older pieces that I've not had online before). You can see them in the July archives.
Russ and Janet
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My sister Janet wanted me to caricature her and her husband for their wedding album. I don't know why...but I was happy to oblige.
I've never been one to do a lot of caricatures, so this was a new experience, but it actually does look like them.
Materials: Ink drawing on paper
Price: NFS
Labels: drawings, figurative, humor, illustrations
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:41 PM
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Weight.
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Using scraps from a friend's prints (which she had torn up and was about to dispose of when I asked if I could have them) and various materials, this collage painting came to be.
I bet you'd like me to tell you the story behind it.
Tough bet.
Materials: Charcoal, acrylic, gesso, acrylic mediums, collage
Size: approx. 22" X 30"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat, possibly rolled in a protective tube
Price: $60
Labels: abstract, figurative, illustrations, mixed media
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 3:06 PM
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Porch Swing.
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I have always hoped that someday, if I ever had my own house, it would have a porch on it. A porch swing would be even better. But I'd take a porch.
I really want a porch.
Anyway.
This watercolor painting was done as an illustration for someone. It's based on a photo I took of a house in Park River, North Dakota. I knew I needed an image of a house with a porch swing, since the illustration had to show that. When I drove through Park River and caught sight of the perfect porch, I knew I had to stop.
Materials: Watercolor and charcoal on heavy rag paper
Size: 11" X 15"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $65
Labels: buildings, illustrations, watercolor
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:39 PM
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Strange Old House.
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I like to draw strange houses.
I don't know what else to tell you about this painting.
Obviously, it's a strange house.
Materials: Acrylic painting on unbleached heavy cotton rag paper
Size: approx. 11" X 12"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $40
Labels: buildings, illustrations, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 2:35 PM
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Alone.
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An exchange student asked me to paint an imaginary place that I would like to be.
The first thing that came to mind was the ballroom scene from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, which, yes, is dorky.
But I loved the high ceilings and the huge windows and the darkness outside -- the space of the place -- so I tried to come up with something like that. Except, since I am not a dancer, I put a person, alone, playing a grand piano in the middle of the huge room.
I think it would sound fabulous.
Materials: Acrylic painting on heavy rag paper
Size: approx. 15" X 22"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $65
Labels: buildings, illustrations, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:33 PM
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Goodbye Church
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Some people take this image to be a negative statement on church or religion or the state of pastors.
That was not my intention, though the name, "Goodbye Church", suggests a leaving.
At the time (I painted this back in 2002), I was thinking about things I'd like to leave behind in my life in regards to "religiousity" and habit that seemed to block the view of the cross.
In this painting, the cross is atop the steeple, and the figure can't see it until he steps out of the shadow of the building and is far enough away, outside, to look up.
Step out of the shadow, and look up.
Materials: Oil paint on masonite board
Size: 16.5" X 21"
Other: Shipped with plain wood frame
Price: $200
Labels: buildings, figurative, illustrations, paintings, religious
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 7:58 PM
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Tree of Life.
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I'm going to let you think about the title of this painting while following a little of Hemingway's advice in regards to telling you what I was doing here: You lose it if you talk about it.
What do you think this is about?
I don't want to take away your chance to think about it.
Materials: Acrylic painting on paper
Size: 7.5" X 14.5"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $60
Labels: illustrations, nature, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 11:11 PM
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Dead Man's Hand
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A class project in college dictated that we experiment with pointillism, creating an image out of dots.
Most of the other students chose far less violent subject matter than I did with this painting of the infamous "Dead Man's Hand" that Hickock was holding when he was shot in Deadwood.
In fact, when I put my painting up for display, the looks on the faces of some of the more urban students was priceless.
"A gun? Geez."
Personally, I thought this made better subject matter than the guy who painted himself naked on his bike did, but that's just me.
Materials: Acrylic on paper
Size: 8" X 10"
Other: Shipped with metal frame, no glass or mat
Price: SOLD
Labels: illustrations, paintings, sold, still life, western
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 1:00 PM
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Darn Leafy Spurge
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 0 comments link this post
If you're not a farmer, you might not appreciate this work.
And of course, if you are a farmer you might not appreciate the style of this work or the fact that someone would take the time to do a visual ode to a noxious weed.
But that's pretty much in line with how I function. Alienate every possible market, that's me.
Here it is, the painting you've all been waiting for, a painting that depicts Leafy Spurge and a hand holding...Leafy Spurge beetles.
Kind of.
Well, I can't create the weed without creating the remedy now, can I?
Materials: Acrylics on paper
Size: 8" X 10"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $40
Labels: illustrations, paintings, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 12:52 PM
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Star Cowboys
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This is one of my favorite paintings. The subject matter seemed to materialize randomly: two cowboys emerging from the bottom of the painting, seemingly with the goal of not riding off into the sunset, but riding off into the stars. Of course, the ever-present saloon is just off to the side, but they don't seem distracted by the watering hole.
In terms of style and method, the acrylic paint has been applied thickly in areas with the brush strokes and unmixed paint creating visible and tactile texture.
The spots and "stars" were created through a process I began developing involving various acrylic mediums, water spray and literal scrubbing of the painting surface with a cotton rag. It is a subtractive process that relies upon a good underpainting foundation.
There are a few other paintings that accompany this one, though they might not seem to be related in subject matter. I had considered using these (and other illustrations that I have yet to complete) for a book. Though I'm not sure I'll still do that, this painting would have been the cover of the book.
Materials: Acrylic on BFK Rives paper
Size: About 21.75" X 22"
Other: Shipped without frame or mat
Price: $250
Labels: illustrations, paintings, western, whimsical
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 12:43 PM
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